does anyone know of a website i can find the "CONS" of saving endangered species, Trying to help my son with a

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school project. Thank you for any help

Answer 1

You have to understand what an ecosystem is to understand what the cons of saving an endangered species is. All animals have a niche or place in the ecosystem, and eliminating just one species affects countless more species. An example would be when one predator is wiped out...everything that predator used to eat will now thrive, and become overpopulated. By killling all of one prey animal, the predators will have nothing to eat and die out, etc...upsetting the entire ecosystem. As animals are eliminated throughout the food chain...the effects will eventually be on humans as well, so by saving wildlife we are indirectly saving ourselves.

http://www.xerces.org/Endangered/why_protect.htm
http://www.endangeredspecie.com/Why_Save_.htm
http://www.wc.adfg.state.ak.us/index.cfm?adfg=endangered.why
http://www.epa.gov/espp/coloring/especies.htm

Answer 2

The cons are usually economic. For instance, if an endangered species is found to be living in an area where developers have planned to build houses, they won't be allowed to build there. Or, by trying to save tigers, you are preventing people in China from using tiger paw for traditional medicine. A lot of times it costs money to save a species, like the panda and condor breeding programs.

Answer 3

I don't think there are any cons having to do with the environment. Every species plays an important role. Some may argue for the sake of economic gain. The discovery of an endangered animal can shut down construction, for example. It just depends on who you ask.

Answer 4

I would say:

1) Stops the natural succession and evolution of species as if we left them alone they would probably evolve and adapt
2) By concentrating on saving the few we forget about the many. We try and repopulate the earth with Pandas, then the pandas are ok but wait the tigers are going...oh oh and now the elephants.
3) Isnt it just natures way of letting things go or thinning out the herd

??Its quite hard really

Answer 5

The history of the earth shows "natural selection" also known as "survival of the fittest" When we interfere we put nature out of balance.. One example is the elimination of wolves in Yellowstone. They have been re-introduced and are now thriving and balancing the elk and deer populations as they once did.. Another example is that they have discovered that our long used policy of putting out forest fires caused an overgrowth of extra dense forest with a layer of dense brush on the forest floor. This resulted in "Super fires" that totally destroyed the forests that would have only been thinned if left to burn in smaller fires naturally. The new policy is to let the fires burn naturally were they can.